George alvah mclane



No. 626,792. Patented lun 1'3, I899.

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(Application filed Mar. 29, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ALVAI-I MCLANE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IRONING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,792, dated. June 13, 1899.

Application filed March 29, 1899.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALVAH Mc- LANE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, (Brooklyn,) county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to ironing devices; and the object is to provide an improvement over the device described and claimed in my application filed February 7, 1899, Serial No. '7 04,844.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the annexed claims. m

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewcof the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of one of the boards.

In constructing my device I employ a series of double boards a, having preferably rounded faces. The upper board 1) preferably has a plane face and is spaced apart from the lower board 0 by means of a series of posts (I d. The lower board 0 has a series of perforations e e therein.

In the operation of the device the clothes are taken from the washtub and wrung out as dry as possible. One of the boards a is then placed upon the floor or table and the fabric stretched upon the upper plane face. Another board is then placed upon the fabric with the perforated face in contact therewith. Then another piece of fabric is placed upon the plane face of this second board and the perforated face of the third board placed upon Serial No. 710,905. (N0 model.)

the fabric, and this operation is continued until all the clothes have been placed between the boards in one pile. The weight of the boards on the fabric will create the desired pressure and the fabric as stretched will dry perfectly smooth, the plane faces of the boards carrying off any Water which may be pressed out of the fabric and allowing it to drip over the edges of the device, While the air has a free circulation between the two parts of the board and reaches the fabric through the per forations e 6.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an ironing a series of double boards between which the fabric is stretched, the members of said boards being spaced apart and the lower member provided with perforations, the upper member having a plane face, substantially as described.

2. In an ironing device, the combination of a series of double boards, a series of posts spacing the members of said boards apart, perforations-in the lower member communicating between said space and the fabric, the upper member being adapted to drain the water pressed out of the fabric and discharge it over the edge of the device, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention Ihave signed my name, in pres ence of two witnesses, this 27th day of March, 1899.

GEORGE ALVAI-I MCLANE.

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